My Windows XP crashed beyond repair. So I re-installed it in another partition. When I tried to access my files in the previous XP's 'Documents and Settings' folder, in order to get the files back that I had on my 'Desktop' and in 'My Documents', and the list of 'Favorites' in Internet Explorer, it won't let me giving me a message 'Access Denied.' Please, help. - KRieve

Try taking ownership of the document and settings folder. Review this link for further help. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

How to Take Ownership of a Folder NOTE: You must be logged on to the computer using an account that has administrative privileges. If you are running Windows XP Home Edition, in order to have access to the Security tab, you must first start in Safe Mode and log on with an account that has Administrative rights. If you are using Windows XP Professional, you must disable Simple File Sharing. By default, Windows XP Professional uses Simple File sharing when not joined to a domain. For additional information about how to do this, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 307874 How to disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a shared folder in Windows XP To take ownership of a folder: Right-click the folder you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one appears). Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab. In the Name list, click your user name, Administrator if you are logged in as Administrator, or click the Administrators group. If you want to take ownership of the contents of that folder, click to select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box. Click OK. The following message appears, where folder name is the name of the folder that you want to take ownership of: You do not have permission to read the contents of directory folder name. Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you Full Control? All permissions will be replaced if you press Yes. Click Yes. Click OK, and then reapply the permissions and security settings that you want for the folder and its contents.

I know I'm saying this very late, but thank you for helping me solve my problem. Thanks again! :) - KRieve